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French police have begun an international murder hunt for a British man who is alleged to have fled a luxury Paris hotel after the battered body of a wealthy woman friend was found there on Tuesday.

Ian Griffin, 39, from the London area, drove away from the Hotel Bristol, a favourite of President Sarkozy, in a grey Porsche on Tuesday just before the woman’s body was found in their room, police said.

The 36-year-old victim, a Polish businessswoman, was identifed as Kinga Legg. She headed a large Polish company which exports tomatoes and has a base in Surrey. Its main